“[A] bittersweet feminist antiwar novel . . . Brilliantly written, and cleverly mixing humor with bitterness” ( Library Journal ). Praised by the Chicago Sun-Times for its “furious, indignant power” and winner of the Prix Severigne in France as “the novel most calculated to promote international peace,” this story offers a rare, funny, bitter, and undeniably feminist look at war and its effects on all those who take part. First published in London in 1930, Not So Quiet . . . follows a group of British women ambulance drivers on the French front lines during World War I, surviving shell fire, cold, and their punishing commandant, “Mrs. Bitch”—even as their parents swell with pride that their girls aren’t shirking their duty to king and country. Taking the guise of an autobiography by Smith—a pseudonym for Evadne Price— Not So Quiet . . . is a compelling counterpoint to Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front . The novel’s power comes from Smith’s outrage at the senselessness of war, her own daily contact with the suffering and the wounded, and at her country’s complacent patriotism and willingness to sacrifice its children. This bittersweet feminist antiwar novel, first published in Great Britain in 1930 as autobiography, chronicles the experiences of six young Englishwomen who have paid to serve as volunteer ambulance drivers at the front lines in France during World War I. As they contend with bad food, lice, little sleep, grueling and gruesome work, and a merciless commandant, their middle-class parents swell with pride over their daughters' "doing their bit." Heaven forbid that a daughter should disgrace them by refusing to serve, choosing not to serve at the front, or coming home a coward. Brilliantly written, and cleverly mixing humor with bitterness, this novel originally won the Prix Severigne in France as "the novel most calculated to promote international peace."-- Jeris Cassel, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. “This intriguing book . . . vividly and impressionistically tells of the author’s tour of duty in France . . . One welcomes its return to print.” — The New York Times Book Review “[A] bittersweet feminist antiwar novel . . . Brilliantly written, and cleverly mixing humor with bitterness.” — Library Journal “A powerful condemnation of war and the societies that glamorize it.” — Kirkus Reviews “The reader of Not So Quiet . . . today is immediately gripped by its furious, indignant power.” — Chicago Sun-Time Used Book in Good Condition